Category: Women’s Hockey

The Gustavus women’s hockey team was nothing if not impressive all season, accumulating numerous player of the week honors, national recognition in both the NCAA Pairwise and USCHO.com polls, and sweeping both MIAC championships with just one conference loss all season. And as if there were no more records to break, the Gusties managed to…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on Sunday announced the 11-team field for its Division III Women’s Hockey Championship, and Gustavus (24-3), with the MIAC’s automatic qualifier, got a bid to the quarterfinals as a host seed.

The Gustavus women’s hockey team won their third-straight MIAC Playoff Championship with a 4-2 win over Augsburg, clinching a bid to the NCAA tournament with the MIAC’s automatic qualifier.

In case the Gusties and the Auggies haven’t had enough of each other already this year, meeting three times already in the regular season, the two teams are set to face each other for the MIAC Playoff title game, hosted by the No. 1 Gusties at Don Roberts Ice Rink on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The Gusties are headed back to the MIAC Championship game after defeating Hamline by a score of 5-1 in the semifinal matchup. The Gusties scored four goals in the second period for the victory, outshooting Hamline 52-7 through the game. 

The Gustavus women’s hockey team is set to host Hamline at 4 p.m. Sunday for a MIAC semifinal playoff matchup at Don Roberts Ice Arena. As the league’s No. 1 seed, the Gusties earned a first round bye, while the fifth-ranked Pipers captured a 2-1 overtime victory over No. 4 St. Olaf Friday night.